Nigeria, Aug. 31 -- The Kwara State Government has engaged pharmaceutical companies to sustain the availability of essential medicines in state-owned hospitals and make drugs more affordable for patients.

The engagement, which brought together major pharmaceutical drug vendors, was aimed at strengthening the supply chain and ensuring uninterrupted access to essential medicines and consumables across government hospitals.

The Executive Secretary of the Kwara State Hospitals Management Board (KW-HMB), Dr Abdulraheem Malik, disclosed this during a strategic meeting with pharmaceutical companies at the Ministry of Health Conference Room in Ilorin.

Malik said the state government had taken deliberate steps to strengthen the financial indepe...